Combined open-book holder and mark



May 19, 1925. 1,538,331

\ cz.l H. JET-r COMBINED OPEN BUCK HOLDER AND MARK Filed Oct. 29, 1525.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. J ETT, OF GREENVILLE, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED OPEN-BOOK HOLDER .AND MARK.

Application filed October 29, 1923.. Serial N'o. 671,482.

5 of Illinois, have invented certain new 'and' useful Improvements in Combined Open- Book Holders and Marks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates tomeans for hold- IO ing a book in open position, and has for its object to provide sucha device which may be simply and easily manipulated, andwhich may also be used to indicate the line or paragraph at which the user stopped reading.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a relatively wide base strip on which the readers lingers mayl press while using `the device.

Another object of the invention is* the provision of such a device which may be cheaply manufactured by stamping the same from cardboard, Celluloid and the like and which may carry advertising matter, if desired.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder in use.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the holder, and Figure 3 is a cross section therethrough taken on line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing more in detail,

one longitudinal edge of the holder than the other and thus provides the relatively 15 wide base portion 2 on which the fingers of y the user may rest when the device is inr operation.

In stamping the holder it is preferable to make a slight bend in the leg sections 3 as 50 lindicated at 6, thereby assuring a fiat en# rgagement of the base member 2 on the book when in use.

The straight edge of the connecting strip 4 may be used as a ruler and is provided 55 with graduations 7, as indicated in Figure Q. It should also be noted that the legs 3 join the connecting strip 4 at right angles, thereby adapting the device for drawing angles, squares, etc.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described what I now believe to be the best embodiment of the invention, but I do not wish to be understood thereby as limiting myself or the scope of the invention, as 65 Y many changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention; all such I aim to includein thescope of the appended claim.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure -70 `by Letters Patent is:

A book holder and mark stamped from .sheet material and provided with relatively CHARLES I-I. JETT. 

